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nemnan, <b>. I.</b> add: Monega eá sindon be noman nemnede for ðǽm gefeohte, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 12. <b>Ia.</b> with cognate accusative
Wright's OE grammar
§60; §287; §530; §643;
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  • Þú nemst bys naman Hǽlend,

      Mt. 1, 21.
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  • Þ héhste gód þe wé nemnaþ God,

      Bt. 39, 7 ; F. 220, 31.

  • Þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne,

      Gr. D. 247, 14.

  • Hér wé magon gehiéran, ðá hé be ðǽm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde, ðæt hé hine nemde se áworpna,

      Past. 357, 23.

  • Gíf þú swá gewlǽtne mon métst . . . , ne miht ðú hine ná mid rihte nemnan man, ac neát

    (hominem aestimare non possis),

      Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 13.
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to mention a subject (person or thing)
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  • Þonne ðú gehýrst nemnan þone Fæder, þonne understenst ðú þæt hé hæfð Sunu. Eft þonne þú cwyst Sunu, þú wást þæt hé hæftð Fæder,

      Hml. Th. i. 284, 10.

  • Ðú sǽdest ꝥ ðú nystest ǽlcre gesceafte ende; ac wite nú ꝥ ꝥ is ǽlcre gesceafte ende ꝥ þú self ǽr nemdest, ꝥ is God, Bt. 34, 12 ; F. 154, 14. IV a. to mention the name of a person, mention by name :-- Se Hǽlend spræc be ðám rícan, 'Sum ríce man wæs.' Eft be ðám wǽdlan, 'Sum ðearfa wæs geháten Lazarus' . . . Ne nemde se Hǽlend þone welegan, ac ðone wǽdlan, 6. IV b. with cognate accusative, to give the name of :-- Hé his yldrena naman nemde

    he gave the names of his parents,

      Hml. S. 23, 683.
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v. tó-nemnan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nemnan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55853.

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